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The Children of Hrin
The Children of Hrin | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of 'The Children of Hurin' will reunite fans of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien."
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CrystalE02
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I enjoyed reading this book!!! It is my first book completed for #JoyousJanuary hosted by @Andrew65. I enjoy reading Tolkien. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars.

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 10mo
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chapter_fifty2017
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Over Xmas l watched enthralled once again LOTR trilogy. After l was loathe to leave that world so decided to read this title as its been sitting on my shelf forever. My return was immediately imursive and compelling. What a cracking adventure this was full of heroic depressed semi gods, elves , orcs and slithering not just smelly but evil dragons. It was epic and sad.

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wisherwishinguponastar
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Hearing Saruman tell me about the Second Age antics of men is the best way to enjoy this story. If you have audible, Christopher Lee narrated the audiobook available. Tolkien created an epic tragedy for his world that sits nicely beside the epic romance (looking at you Beren and Lúthien). #tolkien #audiobook #bookjournal

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SerenaCrawford
Children of Hurin | J R R Tolkien
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I listen to this one—the audio was done by Christopher Lee. I recommend it this way

JazzFeathers Oh my goodness! Where did you get it? 😱🤩 1y
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wideeyedreader
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ another book done for #bookspinbingo!

Túrin‘s story is full of sadness and tragedy, and the way it‘s written is both engaging and concise.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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serllolo
The Children of Hrin | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Beautiful story, one of my all time favorites. I will recommend reading it to everyone

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BookmarkTavern
The Children of Hrin | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Happy Tolkien Reading Day! #KeepLitsyPositive

Here are some Tolkien books on sale for $2.99!

https://www.hmhbooks.com/collections/tolkien-ebook-deals

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Shibbyfruitfly
Children of Hurin | J R R Tolkien
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I almost forgot to share this earlier but here are all of the books I read in September. Five audiobooks and one ebook because I‘ve been having a hard time sitting down to read lately. #readingrecap #septemberreads

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Creme_de_la_them
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I‘m a sucker for Tolkien so I loved “The Children of Hurín”. It took an unexpected turn that put me in mind of Ancient Greek tragedies but it was beautiful and majestic and complete. A great read.

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brilliantglow
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Library book sale today! Made it out with a modest 18 books for $30

Reviewsbylola Nice haul!! 6y
ashsbookmarks I love library book sales!!!!! 6y
readinginthedark Ooh, some really neat ones, too! 6y
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wordslinger42
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Well, our water heater has decided to take a dump & the house smells foul from an attempt to weld the water heater, so here I sit, reading outdoors, where I can pretend my problems don't exist for awhile 😂 #areaderslife

Zelma Adulting sometimes sucks. 😟 6y
CouronneDhiver Charming. 😐 Hopefully you can get it all fixed up and the house aired out soon 6y
wordslinger42 @Zelma @CouronneDhiver Thank you both! The house is aired out and the water heater is (temporarily) fixed! 6y
tracey38 Oh I'm sorry. Hope it all gets fixed soon and you don't have any more worries. 6y
wordslinger42 @tracey38 Thank you!! 6y
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Ddzmini
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Lovin‘ it 😋 I was so excited to wake up this morning and open my #tokieniteswap package. Thank you @Marmie7 everything is AWESOME 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 I am going to start looking through all of these lovely books right now and add them@to my tbr list. I can‘t wait to read the children of hurin and thank you @Sorceryandswords for hosting this swap it was amazingly awesome I had a blast 😋📖📚📚👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Sophoclessweetheart Yay!! A great great great selection! 6y
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Sophoclessweetheart
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{Tolkien Find! 🖤✨}

I came across this today at the charity store and it‘s pristine, hardcover and illustrated. I have to say I was very excited about it. I also found this marvellous scarf that is used as the background here and I think I‘m in love. It‘s gorgeous!!

What was the last wonderful thing you found at a market or thrift store? #tolkien #tolkienite #jrrtolkien #fantasy #tolkientribe #bookstamums

JazzFeathers That the same edition of the book l own... though l bought it when it came out. Have you read it yet? The Children of Hurin isn't an easy story (in my opinion), but having read it several times lately with the #YearOfTolkien l have to say l have a new appreciation for it. I've actually bligged about it recently, if you may be interested 😊 https://theoldshelter.com/thursday-quotables-the-children-of-hurin/ 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @JazzFeathers I haven‘t yet, Sarah! I only got it yesterday and I‘m already into three different reads right now so it shall have to wait but I‘m excited for it! 🖤✨ 6y
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JazzFeathers
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Littens, l'm all pumped up foto the publication of the Fall of Gondolin and l'm preparing for it with a short series of blogs about the Great Stories of The Silmarillion.

This is the second one about The Children of Hurin
https://theoldshelter.com/thursday-quotables-the-children-of-hurin/

#YearOfTolkien #Tolkien #fantasy #LotR

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litlovinghippy
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I love anything of Tolkien's. His writing is beautiful and storytelling vivid; this novel did not disappoint. I cried a couple of times due to the enormous amount of death, but quiet of in between was sweet.

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 👍📚 6y
CarolynM Welcome to Litsy🌼 6y
Leftcoastzen Welcome to Litsy! 6y
JoScho Welcome to Litsy! I hope you love it here as much as we do! Happy Reading 💖😊 6y
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JazzFeathers
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#ThereAndBackAgain Day 5 -Characters

Let me mention one last character: Morwen, another of those 'difficult' one.

Ambitious? Yes. Proud? Yes. Stabborn? Self-confident? Yes and yes. Some would say she's not a positive character. I don't quite agree 😆

To me, Morwen is one of those characters that proves Tolkien's female characters are just as interesting, powerful and strong-willed than his male characters.

Daisey Absolutely! So much perseverance and determination! 6y
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BarbaraJean
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Day 3 of #ThereAndBackAgain: “The Struggle”—a struggle of any kind to do with the books. Apparently it‘s a struggle for me to keep up with daily posts! 😏

For this one, I‘m going to choose the struggle of Turin and Nienor to escape their fate; the struggle to escape the curse Morgoth places on their family. The image is of Nienor trapped by Glaurung‘s gaze.

Image credit: Leonardo Romero

JazzFeathers Excellent choice! Don't you find that Glaurung is an awesome characters? 😆 6y
Daisey Great choice! 6y
BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers Yes, he is!! There‘s much more depth to him than there is with Smaug in The Hobbit—such malice and really a grudge toward both the elves and to Húrin and his children. (edited) 6y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Children of Hrin | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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A New Era, & new books! This series made me want to dive back into Tolkien‘s world, not that I needed much encouragement after the films by Peter Jackson started. But this whole series, Húrin, then Beren and Luthien, and soon the Fall of Gondolin has been superb, I love the way they‘ve gone back to the original stories and complied all the parts in one book, with Alan Lee‘s wonderful drawings, so that you can see the story anew and its evolution.

JazzFeathers I read The Children of Hurin when it came out and at that time it was the first book by Tolkien l read in a very long time. Loved it. At the time, l thought l loved it more than loved LotR 6y
Daisey I felt the same. I didn‘t read it until just last year, but once I did I knew I wanted to revisit the world of Middle-Earth more. 6y
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Daisey
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I had a hard time choosing what made me rediscover Tolkien because I‘ve enjoyed his stories from the beginning. However, early in 2017, I picked this book up for the first time after several years of reading no Tolkien and was surprised by its dark complexity. I had forgotten most of the shorter versions read long ago. After I finished, I saw the #LotRChapterADay posts and knew I had to participate. I haven‘t stopped reading since.

JazzFeathers Wow! 😍 When l joined Litsy, l discovered l just missed a readalong of LotR. It was a bummer. So l couldn't resist joining the #LotRChapterADay readalong, even if l told myself l couldn't possibly squeeze chapters of Tolkien every day into my schedule. Well, turned out l actually could 😆 6y
Daisey @JazzFeathers I‘ve wondered if I‘d have the time for it a few times, but I‘ve always made it work even if it means playing catch up randomly. So worth it! 6y
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Daisey
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Yesterday I misread the prompts and posted my reading struggle, so this is my dark book. The Story of Kullervo is a draft of a retelling of a Finnish myth that contains the seed of the idea for Turin‘s story. Both are characters for whom things continuously go badly. It took me a while to appreciate Turin‘s story because of how depressing it is, but it has also been amazing to see the development of the story through various versions.

JazzFeathers I completely agree. Turin is a difficult character and his story is a difficult one to read. But it is beautiful in its own way. A story of self-awareness and confidence in spite of all adversity. I do breve there is positivity... if buried deep under. 6y
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"A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Hurin
Photography by Erik Johansson

#tolkien #thechildrenofhurin

Eggs ❤️❤️❤️ this 6y
Reggie That pic actually scares me. How did he see it coming? Lol. Love the quote. 6y
TheBookKeeper @Reggie i think it's a great picture too. That photography does other optical illusion pictures, all of them really good 6y
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Raminga
I figli di Hrin | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Mehso-so

💟 #tolkien 💟 #fantasy 💟 #tolkienaddicted 💟

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Temger09
Children of Hurin | J R R Tolkien
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“For a man who flies from his fear may find he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”

Kaye Welcome 🌸 7y
Temger09 Thanks 🤓 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa We just recently read this with a #LOTRChapterADay group, that just couldn‘t stop after LOTR. We‘re reading the Book of Lost Tales next. 7y
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Emily92Bibliophile
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5⭐️ THIS POST CONTAINS NO SPOILERS ( I for one HATE spoilers)- if you want to talk more about specifics/ aka SPOILERS, do so in the comments and with the spoiler filter. OK, WOW. 🤯Tolkien can do no wrong, but gosh this is a tragic and sort of messed up Tale of Woe. However I LOVED getting a backstory of Middle Earth. I listened to this through Audible 🎧 and Christopher Lee was the narrator = AMAZING!!! ➡️➡️

Emily92Bibliophile BIG edit: just realized the artwork of my previous post of this , although my favorite scene, was a SPOILER. 🤦🏼‍♀️😕 IM SORRY! Ok , this one happens to be a artwork by Elena Kukanova of Morwen, the wife of Hurin and mother Turin and Nienor. Look on Pinterest for more of her artwork- it‘s brilliant. 7y
Emily92Bibliophile FINAL EDIT: while I ADORED Christopher Lee‘s storytelling, I really wish I had taken a moment to look through Alan Lee‘s illustrations in the book, and had read along with him. In retrospect the map would have been helpful, and the glossary of characters would have helped a great with some of the confusing and similar names. 😳😂 (edited) 7y
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Emily92Bibliophile
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Not sure why everyone is doing this, but I thought I‘d join in. BOOK RELATED: I‘m on the last 20 minutes of my audio on this one !! Can I just say, OH MY LANTA??! 😳😟😭🤯

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dariazeoli
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#2017recap

I fell woefully behind, but this morning I finished The Children of Hurin, ending my #lotrchapteraday journey. This was a great experience; I got to reread The Hobbit & LOTR after many years, and I finally tackled The Sil! Thanks for starting this readalong, @freyaheart

I will miss spending time in Middle-earth.

Susanita 👏🏻 7y
JazzFeathers 👏👏👏💪😁 7y
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BarbaraJean
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This one concludes my #LOTRchapteraday adventure! Such a sad tale that left me wishing the characters would see & correct their tragic flaws...but that‘s the nature of tragedy! I‘m glad I read this, but for me, it‘s missing something when compared to the Hobbit & the LOTR trilogy. Reading about how Tolkien started & re-started & abandoned so many stories of the First Age made me wish he‘d finished them in the same depth/style as the main novels.⤵️

BarbaraJean I really enjoyed reading along with all of you: @freyaheart @JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Redjewel_7734 @DebinHawaii @InLibrisVeritas @Daisey @Rachbb3 and I‘m sure lots of others I‘ve forgotten. I‘m bowing out of the Beren & Luthien readalong—just too much going on right now—but look forward to seeing posts from those who are continuing! (edited) 7y
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gossamerchild
Children of Hrin | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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I finished it! I like how this flushed out the details from The Silmarillion. Sad as all get out, though 💔💔

Is there something else in this readalong, or are we actually done?

#LOTRchapteraday #childrenofhurin

Rachbb3 Some of us are starting Beren and Luthien tomorrow. We weren't ready to be done quite yet. 😁 I'll repost the schedule. 7y
Daisey At least a few of us are planning to continue with Beren and Luthien starting tomorrow. I think @Riveted_Reader_Melissa posted a schedule earlier today made by @Rachbb3 7y
Daisey @Rachbb3 Thanks! Apparently I was answering at the same time. 😂 7y
Rachbb3 @Daisey 👍🏼 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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I can definitely see the appeal as alliterative verse, this makes me wish he would have finished this version too....

#LOTRChapterADay

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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As one adventure ends, another begins.... for those of you extending the #LOTRChapterADay with us (for one more book) Beren and Luthien are up next. At least from The Silmarillion we know their story has a happier ending. And thank you again for these great schedules @Rachbb3

Rachbb3 You're welcome! I'm ready for Beren and Luthien. 😀 7y
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JazzFeathers
Children of Hurin | J R R Tolkien
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There's still several books to read from my #TBRBingo card. I don't think l'll manage to finish it for the end of the year as l'd hope. But since l've marked it Fall/Winter, l figure l'll have time 'till March to finish it 😆

And here's a #crimson stake that spontanously formed on my desk.
#SeasonsReadings2017

RealLifeReading Nice spontaneity! 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Wow... I can‘t even imagine attempting that, the story originally started in alliterative metre! Astounding!

#LOTRChapterADay

Daisey Although it definitely sounds amazing, I‘m glad I got to read it in prose. The appendices again remind and astound me with just how much time and work went into these stories! 7y
JazzFeathers Tolkien really had a great mind 7y
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InLibrisVeritas
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Such a tragic and sad story. I think even after being prepared in The Silmarillion I still didn't expect the level of tragedy. It reads like an old collection of Greek stories, like that if Hercules, and really provides a different reading experience from the original four and The Silmarillion. #lotrchapteraday

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lildeb_8
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Spending a quiet snowy night on the sofa with the dog we are watching. I think I have to high expectations after The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This book is okay. It is so much more readable than The Silmarillion, but it was just okay to me.
#lotrchapteraday

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Redjewel_7734
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#lotrchapteraday Such a beautiful tragedy. Just another reason I love Tolkien‘s writing so much. The story if the lives of Hurin‘s children twisted by Morgoth‘s malice into lives of ceaseless tragedy. Turin especially is so complex. I found his inability to take responsibility for his choices & actions as much a tragedy as the doom that he could not outrun. I definitely recommend this to any lover of Tolkien & Middle Earth.

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Redjewel_7734
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#lotrchapteraday And so we have the sad final end of Turin, Nienor, & others. I‘m glad he took the dragon out-Glaurung definitely had it coming, The only things to be happy about in the end of this story is the dragon is dead & at least their misery is over. Great characters, great story, great tragedy.

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lildeb_8
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1. Cabbage patch doll
2. I bought A Fall of Marigolds for my mom and It for me!
3. I crossed that line a long time ago. I'm 43.
4. Yes
5. Will do

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Rachbb3
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I loved this tragic story. Going in knowing how it ends didn't keep me from rooting for these characters and mourning them as well.

Tolkien has become one of my favorite authors. I have really enjoyed #lotrchapteraday so much in fact I'm continuing on with Beren and Luthien. 😀

JazzFeathers And l'll go along 🙋😁 l'm not quiye ready to let this readalong go. Tolkien was alreasy one if my favourite authors, but it had been a long time since last l read it, and reading him again felt almost as discovering him again 7y
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Daisey
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This is a sad story in which the characters fight as hard as they can throughout most of it, but they can never truly win against the curse they face. It has such a different tone and theme from the Lord of the Rings, but I still love the storytelling so much.

#LotRChapteraDay

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Such a sad end to this tale, but this line sums it up rather well for me.

#LOTRChapterADay

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InLibrisVeritas
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I finally purchased a Bluetooth speaker to use around the house and in the shower! Giving it a try for the first time tonight while I read the last chapters of Hurin!

I'm sad to see the story end! But I am looking froward to started Beren and Luthiel on Monday.

#lotrchapteraday

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay Day 153

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I hate it when the main characters of a story die. I much prefer when the story ends on a positive note, if not really with an happy ending.
And still l live tghis story. It's tragic and still beautiful.

Daisey True! I actually read this book for the first time earlier this year, but I enjoyed it much more this time. I could really appreciate the detail and depth after reading all of The Silmarillion, and I was not as completely overwhelmed by the sadness since I already knew exactly what was coming. 7y
JazzFeathers @Daisey l read it the first time when it came out and l remember l loved it... in spite of the utter tragedy of it. The characters are so strong and so coherent. It's a very hard story. Hard on the reader, and l expect was hard on the writer too. 7y
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Rachbb3
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The sad end to a cursed life.

#lotrchapteraday

RadicalReader @Rachbb3 worse life than HP but good he got revenge on the person who had cursed him 7y
Rachbb3 @RadicalReader That's true. 7y
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BarbaraJean
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Heedless of peril therefore Turambar clambered along the cliff... so deadly was the heat & the stench that he tottered & would have fallen if Hunthor, following stoutly behind, had not seized his arm & steadied him. “Great heart!” said Turambar. “Happy was the choice that took you for a helper!” But even as he spoke, a great stone hurtled from above & smote Hunthor... and so ended: not the least valiant of the House of Haleth.
😭#LOTRchapteraday

BarbaraJean This was the part of today‘s chapter that got me—faithful and honorable Hunthor dies helping Turin, while cowardly Dorlas hides in the bushes. 7y
JazzFeathers I bet Tolkien saw lots of this doing the war 7y
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melrailey
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Such a sad story. #lotrchapteraday

JazzFeathers 😢 And still it is a beauriful one too 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Sad tale similar to the Greek tragedies, because when gods play with men‘s lives & focus their attention on crushing their will, the lengths & depths to which they will sink for vengeance holds no mercy, no matter how brave/heroic those within their power try to be. Evil will have its way, especially if the other Gods sit in Valar & do nothing. How‘s that saying go: All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [gods] to do nothing.🙄

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #LOTRChapterADay Sorry, I had to read ahead, mine‘s due back at the library 😉 (edited) 7y
Emily92Bibliophile Currently listening on audio! I‘m a couple chapters away from finishing it 💙 7y
JazzFeathers I have never thought to this angle, but l do see your point. And this gives one more layer to my reading of the story 7y
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay Day 152

It is unsettling how everything seems to fall into place in these last chapters of the book. Like everything was ever supposed to be so and the fight of the heroes only delayed what was unavoidale.

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Ke633
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A man that flies from fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it- Sador.. picture and quote idea stolen from my brother. @collecttolkien #lotrchapteraday Follow him on Instagram bc he‘s awesome and he also just did two giveaways one Lotr and one Narnia.. I lost both of course

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay Day 151

"The die is cast. Now comes the test, in which my boast shall be good, or fails utterly. I will flee no more. Turambar indeed l will be, and by my own will and prowess l will surmount my doom - or fall. But failing or Rimini, Glaurung at least l will say."